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IIIT Hyderabad to host Building Simulation Conference soon

The International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad will be hosting the Building Simulation Conference 2015 (BS2015) from Decembe

The International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad will be hosting the Building Simulation Conference 2015 (BS2015) from December 6.

According to a report in Press Trust of India (PTI), the statement said, "The five-day event which happens to be the 14th conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) is being conducted for the first time in the country.About 350 international delegates from over 40 countries are expected to participate while about 275 research and applications papers as well as nearly 70 posters would be presented at the event."

The report further said, " Building Simulation 2015 aims at advancing the practice in diverse disciplines of building energy analysis and performance simulation and is set to cater to the likes of people working or learning about the field of building performance including building designers, architects, sustainability managers, researchers and developers."

Professor Godfried Augenbroe and Padu S Padmanaban will be the speakers at this event. Professor Augenbroe has a 35 year track record in research and teaching in building performance simulation and directs the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) and MS programmes in high performance building in the school of Architecture at Georgia Tech.

Padmanaban is the former Programme Director of the South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration (SARI/EI) and Senior Energy Advisor for USAID/India's bilateral economic assistance programme.